Bill 57 2022

An Act to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 in respect of compensation for loss of earnings

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1 Section 43 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 is amended by adding the following subsection:

No earnings after injury

(4.1)  The Board shall not determine the following to be earnings that the worker is able to earn in suitable and available employment or business:

   1.  Earnings from an employment that the worker is not employed in, unless the worker, without good cause, failed to accept the employment after it was offered to the worker.

   2.  Earnings from a business that the worker does not carry on.

Commencement

2 This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

3 The short title of this Act is the Respecting Injured Workers Act (Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment), 2022.